Locale, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia, 1893. The British South Africa Company (BSAC) (later to become the British South African Police - BSAP) is based in the encampment of Fort Salisbury (now the capital of Zimbabwe, Harare). The film starts with a sepia toned trial of two AWOL volunteers and later deserters who were eventually court martialed by the army for stealing gold which was given to them by Matabele warriors on behalf of King Lobengula as a peace offering to end the war. In this trial (which is solely represented by archive drawings and voice-overs) the voice of TV anchor man/journalist Adrian Steed is heard as the judge (later to be seen as Major Forbes) and that of Stuart Brown playing Dr Leander Starr Jameson.
Count Christian von Meruh (Udo Kier) is a witch hunter and apprentice to Lord Cumberland (Herbert Lom) in early 18th-century Austria. He believes strongly in his mentor and the ways of the church but loses faith when he catches Cumberland strangling a man to death for calling him impotent. Von Meruh begins to see for himself that the witch trials are nothing but a scam of the church to rob people of their land, money, and other personal belongings of value and seduce beautiful women. Eventually, the townspeople revolt, and Cumberland escapes but von Meruh is captured by the townspeople. This film contains very strong graphic torture including a women's tongue being ripped out of her head, nuns being raped, and multitudes of beatings.
The film is divided into two separate, unequal stories. In the shorter of the two, Holmes is approached by a famous Russian ballerina, Madame Petrova (Tamara Toumanova), who proposes that they conceive a child together, one who she hopes will inherit her physique and his intellect. Holmes manages to extricate himself by claiming that Watson is his lover, much to the doctor's embarrassment.
Two sets of identical twins, played by Wilder and Sutherland, are accidentally switched at birth. One set, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, is aristocratic and haughty, while the other set, Charles and Claude Coupé, is poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigues.
An epic film about the Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer Franz Liszt. He is an international star giving performances all over Europe and goes on a concert tour to St. Petersburg, Russia. Liszt's brilliant piano playing impressed the Russian royalty and aristocracy. Even the Russian Tsar stops talking when Liszt plays his piano. Liszt becomes a friend of the Russian composer Glinka. Liszt's beautiful music touches everyone's heart. Women are pursuing him and his lengthy affair with countess Marie d'Agoult is in trouble.
Le premier festival de Woodstock a lieu du 15 au 18 août 1969 à Bethel dans l'État de New York. Le film montre une partie des prestations musicales mais également la musique de l'époque et met en avant le mouvement contestataire des jeunes à la fin des années 1960.
In early 19th century Styria, a beautiful blonde (Kirsten Lindholm) in a diaphanous gown materializes from a misty graveyard. Encountering the Baron Hartog (Douglas Wilmer), a vampire hunter out to avenge the death of his sister, the girl is identified as a vampire and decapitated. Many years later, a dark-haired lady leaves her daughter Marcilla (Ingrid Pitt) in the care of General von Spielsdorf (Peter Cushing) and his family in Styria. Marcilla quickly befriends the General's niece, Laura (Pippa Steel). Laura subsequently suffers nightmares that she is being attacked, and dies of a gradual sickness; whereupon Marcilla departs.
The Molly Maguires were a secret organization of Irish coal miners established in nineteenth century Pennsylvania to fight oppressive mineowners. Led by Jack Kehoe (Sean Connery), they plant dynamite to destroy plant shafts and equipment. As character James McParlan, Richard Harris portrays real life Pinkerton Detective James McParland who was employed to infiltrate the Mollies.
Après la mort du roi Charles II (1685) George Jeffreys, qui dirige la justice en Angleterre, essaie de consolider le règne du nouveau monarque, le roi Jacques II, en persécutant impitoyablement ceux qui sont accusés d’être des rebelles et des adversaires du nouveau roi, et il déchaine une chasse aux sorcières brutale.
Le film s'appuie sur le matériau fictionnel de Terre en transe (1967). On est encore dans une contrée imaginaire appelée l'Eldorado. Díaz II en est aussi le souverain. Mais, c'est un despote finissant. Le réalisateur dresse, en voix off, un rapide panorama de l'histoire du pays dans lequel sont allusivement évoquées les menées d'une mystérieuse "Compagnie d'Exploitation Internationale", dirigée par un milliardaire américain. Díaz n'a plus toute sa raison, et nous sommes en pleine apocalypse. Il perçoit la menace d'un soulèvement de ses anciennes victimes : les Indiens, les paysans pauvres... tandis qu'un berger/ange de la mort, faiseur de miracles et coupeur de têtes tout à la fois, fascine son imagination et terrorise sa conscience. Le monarque enlève alors une belle paysanne, symbole de pureté, et organise au château une cérémonie aux allures de funérailles. Mais, le berger tranche la tête du roi et libère la paysanne.